The different sūtras in accord with the emptiness
taught by the Sugata are definitive in meaning;
One can understand that all of those Dharmas in
which a sentient being, individual, or person are taught are provisional in meaning.

So far not a shot has been fired and considering where we were a few months ago I'd have to say that it's not a bad outcome. Of course only time will tell.

The US got nothing in this deal at all.

Except of course a chance at peace.

The point is that there is no deal. Kim got to meet with the president of the US without having to give up a thing; while Trump agreed, without consulting anyone, that we were going to cancel military exercises with S Korea, oh, and he got to show Kim a ridiculous movie trailer.

The different sūtras in accord with the emptiness
taught by the Sugata are definitive in meaning;
One can understand that all of those Dharmas in
which a sentient being, individual, or person are taught are provisional in meaning.

The point is that there is no deal. Kim got to meet with the president of the US without having to give up a thing; while Trump agreed, without consulting anyone, that we were going to cancel military exercises with S Korea, oh, and he got to show Kim a ridiculous movie trailer.

One US Citizen won... Trump gets to tweet about what a great accomplishment that he sat down with Kim and got to know him well enough to assure Americans that a deal is forthcoming. The rubes who watch Hannity will all think Trump got the greatest deal ever, and his favorability ratings will get a bump. String enough of these photo ops together and there is the making of a reelection campaign.

SMH

Those who, even with distracted minds,
Entered a stupa compound
And chanted but once, “Namo Buddhaya!”
Have certainly attained the path of the buddhas.
-Lotus Sutra, Expedient Means Chapter

There are beings with little dust in their eyes who are falling away because they do not hear the Dhamma. There will be those who will understand the Dhamma.
-Ayacana Sutta

The point is that there is no deal. Kim got to meet with the president of the US without having to give up a thing; while Trump agreed, without consulting anyone, that we were going to cancel military exercises with S Korea, oh, and he got to show Kim a ridiculous movie trailer.

One US Citizen won... Trump gets to tweet about what a great accomplishment that he sat down with Kim and got to know him well enough to assure Americans that a deal is forthcoming. The rubes who watch Hannity will all think Trump got the greatest deal ever, and his favorability ratings will get a bump. String enough of these photo ops together and there is the making of a reelection campaign.

SMH

Not so sure:

Fifth, Trump is a sucker. Kim is not. Say what you will about the North Korean despot, but consolidating power in his vipers’ nest regime, fielding a credible nuclear arsenal, improving his economy without easing political controls, playing nuclear brinkmanship with Trump and then, within weeks, getting the prestige of a superpower summit are political achievements of the first order. Machiavelli smiles from the grave.

As for Trump, the supposed success of the summit after the debacle in Quebec appeals to innate love of drama. He is where he loves to be: at the center of a stunned world’s attention.

But he is also in the place where he always gets himself, and everyone else in his orbit, into the worst trouble: panting for the object of his desire. That’s been true whether it’s the Plaza Hotel, Stormy Daniels and now the “ultimate deal” with Pyongyang. Oilman T. Boone Pickens had the smartest line on this when on Monday he tweeted: “Negotiating advice 101. When you want to make a deal real bad you will make a really bad deal.”

The different sūtras in accord with the emptiness
taught by the Sugata are definitive in meaning;
One can understand that all of those Dharmas in
which a sentient being, individual, or person are taught are provisional in meaning.

The different sūtras in accord with the emptiness
taught by the Sugata are definitive in meaning;
One can understand that all of those Dharmas in
which a sentient being, individual, or person are taught are provisional in meaning.

a rock and a hard place.... to tilt a bit... does the US expect Kim to give up his weapons and bluster with US military force in SKorea? and after what the US did to the country during the Korean War? Kim has seen enough regime changes. no apologies for Kim, but what about it.